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Crisis of Power: Exploring Three Different Leadership Stances

Are you Not Enough, Too Much or Enough?
At the 2011 National Training Lab Annual Conference this August, Collins Dobbs, Mary Ann Huckabay, Craig Shchuler, and Yifat Sharabi-Levine asked its participants to answer this question.
I was one of them.
The question was part of an experimental exercise designed to explore different sides of ourselves and...

Slouching Toward Elderhood

I turn 65 next week! ::gulp::
I'll be eligible for social security and senior discounts and ride the bus for next to nothing.
For many years I thought 65 was the signpost leading toward the end of life. Yet here I am: fit, vigorous, working hard, energized, and feeling not at all old. That is how I see myself—I have no idea what other...

"Set in Stone": A Look at Martin Luther King's Message

While it has been over four decades since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his message and views remain critically relevant today.
With the recent unveiling of his monument in Washington D.C., I thought it fitting to reflect on his teachings and consider the implications for leadership in today’s context.
Lately, the buzz surrounding...

Local or Global: Supporting Sustainable Thinking Through the Avoidance of Either/Or Thinking

I have noticed an increasing tension residing in sustainability conversations as to whether the primary focus of attention should be on local or global development, community or organization change. Rather than engaging in this either/or thinking, I believe it is critical to recognize that we have to work on multiple levels in multiple places. We...

No Shortcuts to Social Justice

Are you old enough to remember when “the Internet” was just getting big? Do you remember what people thought it was going to be?
It was going to revolutionize democracy and do away with racism (because we’re all one color behind the screen); it was going to level the playing field between rich and poor because we...

Impressions of the U.S. from South Asia

Omigod—I'm due to write a blog and I have nothing to say! Oh, wait, yes I do—I’ve been in South Asia for a few weeks. Why don’t I try to put together some impressions of Asia and compare it from afar to the U.S.? That's what we've been doing over dinner since I've been here.
I have been in Hong Kong, Kuala...

Engaging Discussions About Sustainability

Much of my time is spent talking about sustainability to people who think like I do. We have a great time discussing the problems and the needs as well as confirming our own beliefs and actions. As like-minded people often find each other, I imagine this is the case for many people dedicated to making a difference in creating a sustainable world....

Hate is Supported by Many Systems

Are you a hateful person?
The answer may depend on where you live.
Culturally, we think of emotions as individual things: If you “love,” it is “you” loving. Jealousy, anger, and fear are also all matters of the individual psyche.
But believing that emotions are this particular is only a partial truth. There is increasing...

21st-century Management Needs a History Lesson

This is the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War's beginning – and recent political events brought this painfully to my awareness.
As Donald Trump celebrated forcing the president of the United States show his birth certificate, I read a blog by Goldie Taylor titled “Why Obama shouldn't have had to show his papers,...